Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) A second petition has been filed at Calcutta High Court’s single judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha, on Tuesday, challenging the results of the written examination for fresh recruitment of higher secondary teachers in state-run schools of West Bengal.

The fresh recruitment is taking place to fill vacancies arising from the cancellation of around 26,000 school jobs by a division bench of the Supreme Court earlier this year.

While pronouncing that judgement in April this year, the apex court barred the “tainted” teachers, who had obtained the jobs after paying money, from participating in the fresh recruitment process.

In the petition, the petitioner had argued why candidates with past teaching experience with government-recognised private schools will not be able

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